Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Is Obama Snubbing Deeds?

According to an article in the today’s Wall Street Journal, there is some evidence that the White House is trying to avoid getting too close to the Deeds campaign for fear that they will be hurt by his defeat.

Earlier in the year it was thought that Obama would spend a lot of time in the state campaigning for Deeds, but that has not happened. He has only managed to drive across the Potomac river a couple of times to campaign for his fellow Democrat, and despite Deed’s requests, Obama has made no commitments to come back.

One Democrat strategist told the Journal:

"They're looking at movement in the polls and calculating how far out in this race they want to see the president go," He went on to say, "In New Jersey the path to victory is a little clearer, but I think in both cases they're making the calculation on how much of the win or the loss are they willing to own."

Obama has already taken some heat for losing the Olympics, he doesn’t want to take the heat for Deeds losing as well.

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I am one of those rare birds who grew up in Fairfax County. I went to George Mason University and majored in government and politics. I started my career in politics as a student volunteer with the Stan Parris for governor campaign in 1989. We didn’t win, but I fell in love with Virginia politics.
As a student at GMU I became active in politics. I was Chairman of the College Republicans, Co-Chairman of Students for Allen, member of the Fairfax County Republican party, and served as a legislative intern for Delegate Dave Albo.
After college I worked for Morton Blackwell at the Leadership Institute. At the Institute I helped train hundreds of conservative activists all across the country.
I also produced a weekly radio feature called 'My Virginia Political Minute' which was carried on the "Neo View" radio show in southwest Virginia. Currently I do lobbying and consulting work in Richmond.